Flexibility Metrics and Their Application to
Departure Queue Management
February 2013
L. A. Wojcik, The MITRE Corporation
S. L. Mondoloni, The MITRE Corporation
S. J. Agbolosu-Amison, The MITRE Corporation
P. T. R. Wang, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
Flexibility for operators is a Key Performance Area
(KPA) for Air Traffic Management (ATM). This paper presents
a framework for development of operator flexibility metrics, with
a first test-case application to management of departure queues.
Through the use of virtual queuing (VQ) in departure operations,
operators are provided with additional flexibility in prioritizing
flights for departure. VQ allows flights whose delays are more
expensive to skip ahead in the departure queue, while other
flights with less expensive delays move back.
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